Trees of The Barracks
Firewood, Food and Features
I have always loved arboretums. I never thought I would have one of my own!
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The central concept of the barracks is to live the best life possible in a climate catastrophic world. Almost everything that you can understand by this can be at least in part achieved by the planting of a lot of trees.
I want to live somewhere beautiful - plant trees
I am going to get older and more decrepit. Growing food trees returns more food every year, for less work. The trees get bigger, and produce more nuts and fruits and I have to tend to them less. The food that comes off trees requires no processing. Pick it off the ground and either eat it or put it in the stores. Magical.
Winters are going to get more unpredictable. I'm going to need firewood. Around here, 1 hectare of mature forest increases its volume by around 6 - 8 cubic meters per year. I need about 6 - 8 cubic meters of wood per year. I'd better get up to about 2ha then. We like 100% redundancy.
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When I moved in, I identified about 20 varieties of tree. I'm up to 50-something now. Here they are.
Abies alba
European silver fir
Weiss-Tanne
Use
Firewood
Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse chestnut
Kastanie
Use
Firewood
Betula papyrifera
Paper birch
Papier-Birke
Use
Decoration
Carya ovata
Shagbark hickory
Hikoriebaum
Use
Axe handles
Corylus maxima
Filbert
Hazelnuss
Use
Nuts
Fagus sylvatica
Beech
Buche
Use
Bach flower
Juniperus communis
Juniper
Wacholder
Use
Gin
Mespilus germanica
Medlar
Mispel
Use
Fruit
Picea pungens
Blue spruce
Stech-Fichte
Use
Decoration
Prunus avium
Sweet cherry
Kirsch
Use
Jam
Prunus domestica subsp.
Damson
Zwetschchen
Use
Fruit
Prunus domestica subsp.
Peach
Pfirsich
Use
Fruit
Pyrus sp.
Pear
Birne
Use
Fruit
Salix babylonica
Weeping willow
Trauer-Weide
Use
Ornamental
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Californian redwood
Riesenmammutbaum
Use
Matchsticks
Sorbus domestica
True Service tree
Speierling
Use
Fruits
Abies nordmaniana
Caucasian fir
Nordmantanne
Use
Firewood
Alnus glutinosa
Common alder
Schwarz-Erle
Use
Pioneer tree
Betula pendula
Silver birch
Hänge-Birke
Use
Sap wine
Castanea sativa
Sweet chestnut
Esskastanie
Use
Nuts
Cydonia oblonga
Quince
Quitte
Use
Fruit
Fraxinus sp.
Ash
Esche
Use
Manna
Larix decidua
European larch
Lärche
Use
Building in water
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Chinese redwood
Urweltmammutbaum
Use
Ornamental
Populus alba
White poplar
Silber-Pappel
Use
Carving
Prunus cerasus
Sour cherry
Sauerkirsch
Use
Kirschwasser
Prunus domestica subsp.
Mirabelle
Mirabelle
Use
Fruit
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas fir
Douglasie
Use
Softwood timber
Quercus robur
English oak
Stieleiche
Use
Ship building
Salix fagilis
Crack willow
Bruch-Weide
Use
Ornamental
Sorbus aria
Whitebeam
Echte Mehlbeere
Use
Decorative
Sorbus torminalis
Wild Service tree
Elsbeere
Use
Snooker cues
Acer sp.
Maple
Ahorn
Use
Wood
Alnus glutinosa
Alder
Schwarz-Erle
Use
Making dyes
Carpinus betulus
Hornbeam
Hainbuche
Use
Piano keys
Corylus avellana
Hazel
Hasel
Use
Edible Nuts
Euonymus europaeus
Spindle
Spindelstrauch
Use
Poisons and spindles
Juglans regia
Walnut
Walnuss
Use
Walnits
Malus domestica
Apple
Apfelbaum
Use
Apples
Picea abies
Norway spruce
Gemeine Fichte
Use
Firewood
Populus tremula
Aspen
Espe
Use
Writing paper
Prunus domestica
Plum
Pflaume
Use
Fruit
Prunus domestica subsp.
Apricot
Aprokose
Use
Fruit
Punica granatum
Pomegranate
Granatapfel
Use
Fruit
Quercus rubra
Red Oak
Roteiche
Use
Building
Sambucus nigra
Elder
Holunder
Use
Syrup
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
Vogelbeere
Use
Berry compot
Syringa vulgaris
Lilac
Flieder
Use
Decorative